Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Campaign Staffers Withdraw Voting Registrations:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_10_19-2008_10_25.shtml#1224963632
From a Columbus Dispatch story on election developments in Ohio:
Starting today, county elections boards can begin verifying voter
eligibility for absentee ballots cast and discard envelopes to
process ballots for scanning. Those envelopes are the only way to
link a ballot with a particular voter.
With that deadline looming, 13 Obama staff members sent letters
yesterday to the Franklin County Board of Elections voluntarily
withdrawing their voter registrations and any absentee ballots
cast.
County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien wrote to the campaigns this week
reminding them that state law doesn't allow temporary residents to
vote; voters must live at their registered address for at least 30
days before the election and intend to become permanent residents.
But no McCain staffers followed suit. "We have consulted with
elections officials and have written them to confirm that our staff
meet all requirements of Ohio law and are legally registered to
vote in the state," said Jon Seaton, McCain's regional campaign
manager.
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